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Sea phrase . ADRIFT ÆGROTAT , ( Cambridge ) , A certificate from the apothecary that you are indisposed , ( i . e . ) to go to chapel . He sports an Ægrotat , he is sick , and unable to attend Chapel , or Hall .
Sea phrase . ADRIFT ÆGROTAT , ( Cambridge ) , A certificate from the apothecary that you are indisposed , ( i . e . ) to go to chapel . He sports an Ægrotat , he is sick , and unable to attend Chapel , or Hall .
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Irish phrase . BOTHERAMS . A convivial society . BOTTLE - HEADED . Void of wit . Bottom . A polite term for the posteriors . Also , in the . sporting sense , strength and spirits to support fatigue ; as a bottomed horse .
Irish phrase . BOTHERAMS . A convivial society . BOTTLE - HEADED . Void of wit . Bottom . A polite term for the posteriors . Also , in the . sporting sense , strength and spirits to support fatigue ; as a bottomed horse .
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A sheriff's officer , who arrests debtors ; so called perhaps from following his prey , and being at their bums , or , as the vulgar phrase is , hard at theira - ses . Blackstone says , it is a corruption of bound bailiff , from their ...
A sheriff's officer , who arrests debtors ; so called perhaps from following his prey , and being at their bums , or , as the vulgar phrase is , hard at theira - ses . Blackstone says , it is a corruption of bound bailiff , from their ...
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Seu phrase . Car HEADS . . To Cat , or SHOOT THE Cat . To vomit from drunkenness . Catand Bagpipean Society . A society , which met at BAGPIPEAN , their office in the great western road : in their summons , published in the daily papers ...
Seu phrase . Car HEADS . . To Cat , or SHOOT THE Cat . To vomit from drunkenness . Catand Bagpipean Society . A society , which met at BAGPIPEAN , their office in the great western road : in their summons , published in the daily papers ...
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Ashore , among soldiers , where this punishment is sometimes adopted , watch and the purse are not included in the number , but given over and above , or , in the vulgar phrase , free gratis for nothing . This piece of discipline is ...
Ashore , among soldiers , where this punishment is sometimes adopted , watch and the purse are not included in the number , but given over and above , or , in the vulgar phrase , free gratis for nothing . This piece of discipline is ...
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beat beggars blow breeches called Cant carried cheat child church clothes cock cold common cull derived Devil door draw dressed drink drop drunk expression eyes face fair fellow figuratively fire formerly French frequently girl give given hand hanged head horse Irish iron JACK kind king lady legs liquor live London look man's married means mouth nick nose officers one's originally perhaps person phrase pick pickpocket piece play pocket practised pretend prison queer rogue saying shilling side signify soldier stand steal story sword tail taken term thieves thing town turn vulgar walk watch wench wife woman women young
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| Titolo | Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence Mary De Renne collection |
| Autore | Francis Grose |
| Curatore | Hewson Clarke |
| Illustrato da | George Cruikshank |
| Editore | C. Chappel, 1811 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | la University of Michigan |
| Digitalizzato | 28 feb 2006 |
| Lunghezza | 221 pagine |
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